IMM AND PUBLICATION 51 REVISIONS
Addressing Standards for Canada
Effective April 28, 2005, the International Mail Manual (IMM) and Publication 51, International Postage Rates and Fees, are revised to reflect a change in the addressing standards for mail destined for Canada. Canada Post has advised the Postal ServiceTM that there is now only one addressing standard for Canada (previously there had been two acceptable address formats).
We will incorporate these revisions into the printed version of IMM 32 and into the next printed version of Publication 51, and also into the online versions of IMM 31 and Publication 51, both of which can be accessed via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.gov.
International Mail Manual (IMM)
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1 International Mail Services
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120 Preparation for Mailing
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122 Addressing
122.1 Destination Address
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[Revise 122.1k to read as follows:]
k. The last line of the address must show only the country name, written in full (no abbreviations) and in capital letters. For example:
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Exception: To Canada, there must be two spaces between the province abbreviation and the postal code, as shown below between "ON" and "K1A 0B1": |
MS HELEN SAUNDERS
1010 CLEAR STREET
OTTAWA ON K1A 0B1
CANADA
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Publication 51, International Postage Rates and Fees
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Mail Preparation
Addressing
Destination Address
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The following are examples of properly formatted delivery addresses:
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[Revise the paragraph and example for Canada to read as follows:]
On mail to Canada, there must be two spaces between the province abbreviation and the postal code, as shown below between "ON" and "K1A 0B1":
MS HELEN SAUNDERS
1010 CLEAR STREET
OTTAWA ON K1A 0B1
CANADA
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- Pricing and Classification,
Mailing Standards, 4-28-05 |
